Xbox 360 and MEDIA Centre - Codecs

[McPanda]

Hey

Ive just bought an Xbox 360 and want to use media center with my PC so I can watch films/listen to music etc through the Xbox. I have set everything up fine and can view photos/music through the xbox. But for some reason I cant see films in media centre (xbox) ? I can view these through media player (pc) but not the Xbox. I get an error " Cannot Play Video - The file type is not reconised and cannot be played. Either the correct codec is not installed or the file is corrupt. ? Any ideas ?

Ive tried everything under the sun and cant get it to work, do I have to put a codec pack or something on the xbox itself with a flash drive or something ?

Its weird cause I can see the same films on media centre on my laptop.

Any ideas ?

 

[L2R]

most work. some don't.

ihaven't even tried to put a fix to this as it really doesn't bother me all that much

 

[Kul69]

Most of the formats that will work are Microsoft formats. You can convert your videos to these formats to get it to work.